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From NBC News, this is Today. </p> <p>This morning on Today, celebrate Easter fun decorations. Marshmallow Peeps are delicious candy treats but guess what, they're not just for eating from Peep Pops to Peep Bouquets. We have five, fun and creative peep crafts for Easter. Elizabeth Mayhew is the Editor in Peep of Woman's Day Magazine. Elizabeth, it's good to see you. </p> <p>Good to see you, Al. </p> <p>So, well, I mean, how-- when did Peeps get started? What's the deal with the Peeps? </p> <p>If we go back, they are an Easter favorite. They're cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap. </p> <p>Yes. </p> <p>And we have some really fun things that you and your family can do as we head into Easter this week. </p> <p>I want to leave the peeps out, let them get a little crust on them. </p> <p>Actually, that is a great point in doing a lot of these crafts. If you leave them on a bit, it's much easier to deal with, easier to cut, easier to style and do things which show-- </p> <p>Style your peeps, okay. </p> <p>Good. </p> <p>So, what are we starting with? </p> <p>We are starting with a Peep-a-Boo Cups. So, basically, what you do is you take a white cup, </p> <p>Uh-huh. </p> <p>and then you just cut it like a broken egg. </p> <p>Uh-hmm. </p> <p>You know, just cut the pieces out like that. </p> <p>All right. </p> <p>Your kids can do this. And then, what you're gonna do once you have that is you're just gonna poke a hole in the bottom. </p> <p>All right. </p> <p>Take a chopstick, which if you're like me, you have tons of these sticking around-- </p> <p>Sure. </p> <p>from take-out. You peek it through the cup. Here, okay, that's what we're doing. You needed that thing. </p> <p>Oh, that's not the right one. </p> <p>And then you'll just take a peep. Oh my God. </p> <p>This is working out well. </p> <p>You take a peep. Look, watch me. </p> <p>Okay. </p> <p>You put in the cup and peep-a-boo. </p> <p>Okay. Peep-a-Boo. </p> <p>And then you just tie a little ribbon around it. It's much easier and you just made it well. So-- </p> <p>It's great. I think a 3-year-old can do this. Somebody get a 3-year-old. </p> <p>We have 11-year-old [unknown]. Okay. </p> <p>Okay, great. Next. </p> <p>So, next, we're gonna do chop. </p> <p>Oh no, we got knives. Okay. </p> <p>Chop that cover piece. So, yeah, you do wanna leave these out of it, </p> <p>Uh-hmm. </p> <p>and then just use a serrated Knife to cut them. </p> <p>Right. </p> <p>Take melted chocolate, we use bittersweet chocolate. </p> <p>Yes. </p> <p>And then you just dip them in the chocolate. You can make a little V-neck sweater by dipping it in the side. </p> <p>How about a little cardigan? </p> <p>Cardigan, fine. Then you put it on some wax paper and let that dry. </p> <p>Uh-hmm. </p> <p>Hopefully you don't get it all over as like that but okay. </p> <p>All right. Then? </p> <p>Next, you take icing that you get at the grocery store and you can make a little bow tie. Just draw it on there, simple, and then three little buttons. </p> <p>Uh-huh. </p> <p>And you're good to go. You put one-- </p> <p>Oh, it's like it's wearing a little tuxedo. </p> <p>Little tuxedo and then if you wanna do the full line of them, you basically need a spatula and you spread it over the top 'cause it's hard to dip the whole thing and but easy and fun to put around the centerpiece. </p> <p>A Peep Bouquet. </p> <p>Peep Bouquet. So, all you do is you take, this is fabric wrapped florist wire. You'll get it at any florist shop. You stick a peep on it and you put it into a vase that we just filled with, you know, some tissue paper. </p> <p>Right. </p> <p>And then to make the leaves, we just use felt. Cut out leaf shapes and take a glue gun and glue it on there. Again, really fun for the whole family to do. </p> <p>And the peeps now come in all of these different colors now. </p> <p>Colors, shapes, the whole thing. Next, we're gonna make the Peep Sunflower. Now, this, you need an embroider hoop, which you can get at any craft store and then we took a wooden dowel that we painted green. You need lots of-- sorry. </p> <p>That's not all in me. </p> <p>Yes. You need lots of glue. </p> <p>Uh-hmm. </p> <p>Like a lot of glue. </p> <p>A lot of glue. </p> <p>So, you use a hot glue gun. </p> <p>Uh-huh. </p> <p>You glue this and you tighten it. </p> <p>Right. </p> <p>Then you stick it in a piece of foam that you put in a little-- you can use a pot or in this case, we use these little enamel pot. You just stick it in. </p> <p>Right. </p> <p>And what you're gonna do then is, you're gonna glue gun the peeps around in a circle. </p> <p>So then, you can't eat those. No. </p> <p>Oh, some of the things that are glued you don't. </p> <p>Yeah. </p> <p>And we've had a lot of questions at the magazine about whether or not this last. Listen, you don't put them outside 'cause they're sugar. </p> <p>No. Yeah. </p> <p>Number one. And number two, this is not an expensive, it's a disposable craft. </p> <p>Little Peep Basket. </p> <p>Peep Basket, we basically just took a flower pot, glued peeps around the edges, </p> <p>Uh-hmm. filled it, put a ribbon around it, </p> <p>Right. </p> <p>and filled it with candy. </p> <p>And a Peep Wreath. A preath. </p> <p>Peep Wreath. Same thing. A preath. </p> <p>Yeah, let's get some of these-- </p> <p>Hey, you guys wanna eat some peath? </p> <p>Eat some peath. </p> <p>So, the other thing is that eating them-- yeah, the one thing that you can do is eat them but for the Peep Wreath, you just take a wreath form and again, you take a hot glue gun and glue them around. And I think Charlie and Chloe will tell you that they taste pretty good, huh? </p> <p>Alrighty. Oh, nice. </p> <p>Yeah. Lots of colors. </p> <p>Elizabeth, happy Easter. Thanks so much. </p> <p>Happy Easter. </p> <p>Oh, we're back in a moment. But first, this is Today on NBC.

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